Fresh Openings at Tiger Brands

• You are responsible for the successful development and launch of good quality, differentiated, sustainable, and cost-effective packaging innovation. This includes re-engineering of existing packaging. You will need to have a deep understanding of material expertise (sourcing, design, manufacture) and category understanding and expertise; and become known in the organisation for this. You will ensure that documentation and reporting around packaging development is timely and concise. Where necessary you will work with and manage packaging suppliers to deliver packaging products.
• Develop the packaging design, and work with Product Technologist and Manufacturing to ensure that it supports both the product requirements and the manufacturing requirements. Create the packaging specification and requirements to support this.
• From development, manage the packaging for innovation through to commercialisation and smooth manufacturing.
• Support Manufacturing on existing packaging where problems may occur and focus on re-engineering and cost efficiency improvements.
• Work with R&D Manager to appropriately allocate your time and expertise to the projects and Category partners.
• Engage with Procurement regarding supplier selection and work with Manufacturing to determine plant requirements and Capex investment if necessary. Complete machine diagrams/ die lines and get it signed off by the unit. Determine pallet configurations and validate via Stack & Travel transit trials.
• If appropriate, work with external suppliers to jointly design and develop packaging. This includes the design and management of packaging specifications and requirements for manufacture.
• Develop deep material expertise through working on specific projects, carrying out research, and working with suppliers. Work with R&D Manager and Lead Packaging Technologist to decide how to capture and share this knowledge.
• Work with R&D Manager, Lead Packaging Technologist and Manufacturing to ensure that packaging design changes are carried out in a controlled and consistent fashion.
• Correct and timeous completion of documentation and systems and ensuring it is correctly captured (Packaging item creation and specification, Trial request, Trial report, PLM, Oracle/SAP, etc.).
• Conduct packaging Pilot Plant trials and management thereof.
• Conduct pre-trial meetings with the unit and thereafter conduct online plant trials to determine capability of the plant. Ensure that the prototype developed is able to run online.
• Carry out and complete shelf life tests (ambient / accelerated), dHACCP studies (communicate any sensitive packaging / changes to the plant or processes), risk assessments and travel tests.
• Packaging mass balance and Packaging yield determination.
• Facilitate the artwork management process via an online tool, including the communication with design agency, pre-production meetings with repro house and printer, etc.
• Manage the circulation, review, and approval of final packaging artwork with internal stakeholders and external print suppliers.
• Management of the online print approval process with the repro house and printer. Attend print runs to confirm packaging within specification.
• Colour standard management with the supplier and in-house colour standard library management.
• Complete and sign off of handover documentation ensuring that this is done in a controlled fashion that ensures due diligence, risk mitigation and governance is maintained at all times.
• Employ sustainable design techniques in the development of new packaging (e.g. life cycle design, design for recycling, reduced waste, etc.).

Experience

• 3 years in packaging development within an FMCG industry
• Packaging Diploma or equivalent
• Food Science Qualification or similar would be an advantage

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What is the primary purpose of your job?

• To clean floors and machines and walls in mill production on floor you are posted, make sure all chokes are picked up and help with other chokes in mill area.  Help with maintenance-on-maintenance days sieves and filter changes Safety and hygiene standards

 Good verbal and written communication skills.

•  Team player.
•  Ability to handle pressure.
•  To assist on daily cleaning of the plant (Mill).
•  To be flexible within the department.
•  To be able to work shifts.
•  Able to work flexible hours on request
•  Assist in maintenance tasks.
•  Assist in the removal of infestation and the detection there off.

What are the key outputs of your Job?  (What results do you leave behind?

•  Training
•  Safety standards
•  Invocom/MECP

What are the success measures of your job?  (How will you know if you have done it well?)

• Hygiene standards met.
• Cleaning off the mill for duration of shift
• Well motivated work force
• All trained on health and safety aspects.
• *Ensure safety standards are met, maintained and followed while on shift
• Daily Invocom/MECP and communication with shifts. Held in a structured manner.
• What are your main tasks that you do to achieve your outputs?
• Assist miller and other duties
• Proper daily communication.
• Check all mill Equipment.
• Proper inspection of all mill floors, Proper walk-through mill top to bottom.
• Ensure that mill cleaning and hygiene standards are met.
• Cleaning of the mill.
• Proper work instructions give down the line.
• Assist with Mill maintenance
• Ensure the proper cleaning out of equipment on fumigation days and maintenance days.

Minimum qualifications required by the position:

• Matric with maths
• A good and sound knowledge of mechanical side of milling machines.
• Detail orientated
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with cross-functional teams.

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• This person will help with all the behind the scene needs keep day to day running smoothly. In addition he/she will support  by assisting with some administrative tasks. Implementing administrative systems, procedures, and policies, and monitoring deliverables. Acting as the first person of contact, operating as the project manager for organizational tasks and events.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
Safety & Environment Management

• Ensuring, where requested, that accidents and incidents in the workplace are fully investigated and reported as per legal requirements of the Occupational Health ​and Safety Act and Workman’s Compensation Act.​
• Keeping the LTIFR rate within the set KPI tolerance level of Albany. the parameters of the National average for Food Manufacturing Companies.​
• External Auditing by Alexander Forbes {MARSH}& Certification Bodies.​
• Monthly reporting to the National office HSSE manager,Tiger Brands Risk & Sustainability Director.​
• External Auditing by Alexander Forbes, SABS, SGS, KPMG, etc.​
• Measurement against standards as outlined in the Tiger Brands Environmental System.​
• ISO 14001 auditing internal and external

 Facility and Utilities

• Implementation of Utility preventative steps at specific site all Tiger Brands sites as per pre planned programme ensuring contingency planning in case of utility outages specific site of Tiger Brands sites​ investigations performed in​ accordance with constitution​ and legal constraints of law of​evidence.
• Implementation of Utility preventative steps at specific site Tiger Brands sites as per pre planned programme ensuring contingency planning in case of utility outages of Tiger Brands sites​

 Safety Training

• Having training courses approved by the SETAS ensuring that all employees are trained on a yearly basis ensuring an empowered workforce and also ensuring that Tiger Brands can claim moneys back from the Skills Development Levy by giving approved training to its employees.​
• Advise & Liaise with line management on Internal and external disciplinary Procedures.​
• Ensuring appropriate physical & electronic support measures are in place.​
• Employee vetting through Implementation of Tiger Risk Control Standards.​
• Assess service provider compliance to PSIRA legislation​
• Be the custodian of site induction and compliance with OHS Act required training and competence declaration.

 Risk Management

• Protect the business from internal & external threat of sabotage, arson, theft, robbery, malicious damage to property and all criminally related risk.​
• Ensuring that Tiger Brands Risk Control Standards are maintained through policies, procedures and systems.​
• Continuous risk assessments through formalized risk surveys.​
• Ensuring employee compliance against Risk Control standards​
• Protect the business against business interruption and identified insurable loss.​
• Ensuring that all Tiger Brands sites have been audited and profiled on a yearly basis as per the fixed pre-planned schedule set out in conjunction with all Tiger

Security

• Liaison with Governmental Depts, SAPS, Justice and National Intelligence etc.​
• Appointment and management of a Security service provider.
• Apply Security risk assessment methodology based on ISO 31 000 Risk management principles
• Do security risk assessments when incidents occur that have an impact on the security of the plant.
• Potential security risks are identified and mitigated
• Implementation of security policies, procedures, standards and applicable legislation.
• Enforce and audit compliance with security policies, procedures, standards and applicable legislation
• Activation and coordination of security emergency response resources.
• Ensure that up to date security emergency response plans are in place
• Ensuring effective response to minimize the impact on people and property
• Compile and submit monthly security reports.  Comprehensive monthly security reports submitted timeously.
• Understands basic requirements to implement all security related legislation, inclusive of Criminal Procedures Act, PSIRA Act, Popia Act
• Conducts regular audits on site to identify gaps in site against requirements in the Security processes, procedures and legislative requirements and ensures these gaps are closed
• Implement communication campaigns to ensure knowledge of Health and Safety legal compliance across the plant.

Understands and applies SOPs.  Implements ISO18788

• Conduct internal audits and host audits. Identify and implement sustainable corrective action based on non-conformances
• Management is kept informed of the state of security and business operations.
• Assess Technical inefficiencies on Security systems. i.e. CCTV, Intruder alarms, Gate systems, etc.
• Initiate Security Capex projects related to security requirements.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:
Key attributes and Competencies

• Strong analytical and risk assessment capability
• High attention to detail and governance focus
• Strong knowledge of compliance, safety, and operational risk processes
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset

Experience and Qualifications

• Risk Management experience in the Food/Beverage industry, Management 2 years  ,Operational 5 years.
• Core knowledge – Safety management, Safety rules and regulations, Food Safety, Government policies on Safety
• Academic – National Higher Diploma Environmental Health.
• Qualification in Legal aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Leadership – Leading with Integrity and respect, Influencing others, Managing change, Owning it!, Thinking Innovation, Embracing Diversity, Staying a Step-Ahead
• Personal Effectiveness – Effective communication, Interpersonal skills

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• Sell and promote Albany products to meet sales targets and increase market penetration

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Performance Outputs

• Sales Execution
•  Account development​
• Understand sales routes and management thereof​
• Schedule regular route rides (minimum twice annually on each route)​
• Complete Call Cycles​

Key Performance Area

• Update Profile Cards on a daily basis​
• Planning for, and execution of promotion activations, including into distributor networks and clients​
• Manage returns and donations​
• Conduct pricing surveys​
• Liaise with Telesales​
• Manage discounts and conduct discount reviews​
• Understand and conduct bread stand placements​
• Understand and execute customer classification (look of success)​
• Fill in as a relief representative where required​
• Meet weekly and monthly sales targets​
• Build excellent relations with the trade and crews​
• Conduct weekly driver interviews to review route performance​

Merchandising

• Ensure displayed stock does not include damaged or out of date stock. ​
• Ensure display areas kept clean at all times.​
• TBFS management
• Manage relationship with TBFS in order to ensure effective use of order book, additional shelf space achieved, shelves properly stocked and clean, stock levels checked. ​
• Point of sales material erected where possible. Credit Returns​
• Credit returns minimized as per Bakery policy. ​
• Ensure TBFS manage stock rotation and rate of sale (ROS)​

Negotiated pricing platforms

• Negotiate pricing strategies and deals within mandate

 Customer relations​

• Open new accounts (PED)​
• Ensure outstanding monies collected​
• Ensure special deliveries made and customer queries handled. ​

Quality

• Understand the requirements of product quality​
• Learn how to deal with customer complaints​
• Report consumer complaints to Field Sales Manager​
• Manage market incidents​
• Understand and manage the withdrawal/recall process​
• Understand the logistics process​

 Trade Marketing​

• Build customer plans​
• Understand applicable Channel Strategies​
• Understand the Customer Management process​
• Understand Pricing Strategies​
• WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:

Minimum requirements

• ND/Degree in Sales or Marketing
• 2-3 years' experience in FMCG
• Analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to work under pressure Assertive
• Customer service orientation

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• The Reliever in Beverages Packaging provides support to the packaging team by temporarily filling in for absent or unavailable staff. This role ensures smooth operations, continuity of production, and adherence to quality and safety standards during shifts where regular employees are unavailable.
• The Reliever in Beverages Packaging provides support to the packaging team by temporarily filling in for absent or unavailable staff. This role ensures smooth operations, continuity of production, and adherence to quality and safety standards during shifts where regular employees are unavailable.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor beverage packaging machinery (bottling, labeling, sealing, and palletizing).
• Ensure packaging materials (bottles, cans, labels, cartons) are available and properly loaded.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the packaging area in compliance with hygiene standards.
• Conduct routine checks to ensure packaging quality meets company specifications.
• Report equipment malfunctions or safety hazards to supervisors promptly.
• Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and comply with health, safety, and food safety regulations.
• Assist in inventory control of packaging materials when required.
• Provide support across different packaging lines depending on operational needs.
• Collaborate with team members to meet daily production targets.

Qualifications & Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior experience in manufacturing or packaging (preferred but not mandatory).
• Ability to operate basic machinery and follow technical instructions.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.